A Hexagonal Box and Cover

A Hexagonal Box and Cover
Choson Period (19th century)
Set on an inset hexagonal base wiith straight walls ending at a flat rim, the cover also hexagonal, slightly domed and with inset lower rim to fit within the lower half of the box; the lower box decorated in underglaze-blue with square panels of triangular latticework and the cover with rows of small squares with x-shaped foliate centers created by the surrounding underglaze-blue; the box also decorated by a blue-tinged clear glaze; rims unglazed
2in. (5.2cm.) high